When Ma Cheng heard Xu Zhenye say this, he asked quickly: "Mr. Xu, I have been preparing for this matter for a long time. The Donglin Party supports the Lu Wang Jianguo in Hangzhou. Can't this kill Qian Qianyi?"

Xu Zhenye smiled and shook his head and said, "Mr. Marquis, this is done right. No matter which emperor, as long as such a thing happens, he will definitely kill him first. But today's time is wrong! Now the power of Yuanfu in the court is too great and strong, and no one in the Donglin Party can fight against Yuanfu. In this way, in order to balance the court officials, His Majesty the Emperor naturally cannot kill Mr. Qian. So the officials said that the time for the Marquis to choose was wrong!"

When Ma Cheng heard Xu Zhenye say this, he suddenly realized that he had done something wrong. Now the eunuch party occupies all important positions in the court, while the Donglin party only occupies the Ministry of Rites of the Qingshui Yamen, and the Ministry of Justice has no power. At the same time, the reputation and status of Xie Xuelong, the Minister of Justice, cannot compete with the eunuch party at all.

The Minister of Rites Wang Duo had a reputation, but this unlucky old guy was arrested when he supported Zhu Lunkui to support the fake prince Wang Zhiming. Although Emperor Zhu Lunkui didn't say anything, he also issued an order to comfort Wang Duo. However, Wang Duo's identity as a cabinet master was relieved and he became the Minister of Rites to replace Qian Qianyi. This arrangement does show that Zhu Lunkui was not very relieved about this old guy.

There are no famous figures in the Donglin Party competing with Ma Shiying and Ruan Dacheng, so the emperor naturally cannot kill Qian Qianyi, who is famous and capable. Then, wouldn’t Ma Shiying become the dominant party?

At the same time, in addition to controlling the government affairs of Ma Shiying, his two sons Ma Cheng and Ma Xi were also generals in command of the army. Ma Cheng also held Long Gong. No matter which emperor was on the throne, he didn't want to see this reputation and status. Therefore, suppressing Ma Shiying and cultivating Qian Qianyi to compete with Ma Shiying became the established policy of the new emperor Zhu Lunkui. At present, Zhu Lunkui did not make any moves, but because more than 400,000 troops of the Qing Dynasty besieged the city, Zhu Lunkui was afraid that he would be suppressed, so Ma Cheng took the risk. After all, since the emperor could support the first one, he could support the second one.

Ma Cheng was so scared that he was sweating coldly after hearing Xu Zhenye's words. Although Ma Cheng now holds more than 100,000 troops to defend the city, Ma Cheng knew that there were not many people under his command. If Ma Cheng climbed up and called out at this time, Emperor Zhu Ming was very reactionary. Everyone should kill Zhu Lunkui and support me as the emperor! I guess that except for the more than 1,000 Guizhou soldiers Ma Shiying brought from Guizhou, most of the new army soldiers would not fight Ma Cheng to the end. Of course, it was not that these new army soldiers were so loyal to the Ming emperor, but that they had too short contact with Ma Cheng, and it was not enough to establish a feeling of sharing life and death with Ma Cheng in less than a year.

If Ma Cheng and his new army were born and died and lived with them for more than ten years, the friendship between the comrades would be greater than that of the king. Zhao Kuangyin was like this back then. Everyone was a life-and-death brother who was eating in the pot. When the old emperor was there, there was no way, but when the old emperor died, these generals had no feelings for the little emperor. At this time, even if Zhao Kuangyin didn't want to wear a yellow robe, we brothers would still be a duke and a marquis!

What Ma Cheng needs most now is time. He does not have the ability to flip the cards with Zhu Lunkui. There is no way Ma Cheng can only ask: "Mr. Xu, what do you think you should do now? How can you assure the Emperor's heart?"

Xu Zhenye chased his beard with his hands and said, "This is simple, just make the emperor feel

It’s enough to not feel the threat! After all, the Marquis is responsible for great support. As long as it is not a last resort, the Emperor will not attack the Marquis!”

Ma Cheng was right when he heard what Xu Zhenye said. As long as Zhu Lunkui was not crazy, he would not attack himself immediately. After all, the Qing army outside the city is now besieging the city, and attacking himself is completely destroying the Great Wall.

Thinking of this, Ma Cheng nodded: "Since this is the case, I decided to hand over the guard mission of the inner city to Lu Siye. It happened that Lu Jiude and my father-son alliance disintegrated. The Military Information Department is asking Lu Siye to take charge of the Supervisor!"

"Yes, the Marquis said it's right! Since this is the case, it's better to submit a memorial to praise Lu Siye and ask the emperor to give him an admiral, so that it's easy to hide."

"Mr. Xu said it well, but the Military Information Department is very important. Who will be the governor use to replace Lu Siye?"

"This is simple, the Marquis' second brother-in-law Zhang Erpei, it is most suitable for him to replace the Military Information Department!"

Zhang Erpei was elected as the county magistrate of Xinjian County, Jiangxi by his ministry a few months ago. However, Zhang Erpei did not want to suffer in Jiangxi, so he stayed in Nanjing and refused to take office. In the past few months, Zhang Erpei's journey to take office was naturally cut off, and he had been wandering around the city during this period.

Ma Cheng heard Xu Zhenye recommend Zhang Erpei, which is a good candidate. First, his brother-in-law, and his loyalty is absolutely fine. Second, Zhang Erpei's family does not have much power, and even if Ma Cheng succeeds in the future, Zhang Erpei will have to rely on Ma Cheng.

After hearing Xu Zhenye say this, Ma Cheng nodded: "Okay, since that's the case, I thank Mr. Xu!" After Ma Cheng said that, he got up and left. After the matter here, Ma Cheng was not ready to stay for a long time. He had to rush back to the yamen to handle official duties.

Xu Zhenye was very conflicted when he saw Ma Cheng leaving, and Ma Cheng showed more and more like a hero. If a person like Ma Cheng was peaceful in the country was just an outstanding general like Qi Jiguang and Li Chengliang, but now the country is in such chaos, it would be very dangerous for a person like Ma Cheng to be.

Thinking of this, Xu Zhenye began to worry about himself. He is currently in the third rank of officialdom and is really in power. However, Xu Zhenye knew that the higher he climbed in the officialdom, the more ruthless he fell. Zhang Juzheng was even more like an emperor than Wanli, and Wanli was standing by his side to reply. What about himself? In order to climb up, Xu Zhenye has offended too many people and is too involved with the eunuch party. Even if Xu Zhenye turns to join the Donglin Party now, Xu Zhenye will not have a good result when Ma Shiying falls.

Xu Zhenye thought about his thoughts and had no intention of caring about government affairs. He sat on the chair and started to stay away.

Ma Cheng left the Ministry of Works and hurried back to Yingtian Prefecture. As soon as he arrived at the door, Ma Cheng shouted: "Go quickly and find the prefect Wu, the magistrate! There are also Xu Zhan, Wang Xian, and Lu Siye!" After Ma Cheng said that, he hurried into the yamen. The guards at the door began to find people as Ma Cheng's instructions.

In the Ming Dynasty, the government offices were integrated with the government offices, with the front and back offices. The original prefect of Yingtian Prefecture was Wu Family Zhou, and Yingtian Prefecture was the capital. The prefect was one level higher than other prefectures, so Wu Family Zhou was treated at the deputy provincial level, with a third-rank rank.

However, the deputy provincial level is useless to Ma Cheng. Because the distance between Yingtian Prefecture and each gate of Nancheng is moderate, Ma Cheng occupied the Prefecture. Wu Jiazhou had no choice but to live in the backyard for the past few months.

Although the battle outside the city is in full swing, the Wu family Zhou Xiao lives a comfortable life. In the past half month, the Qing Dynasty has stopped conquering the city.

Now, Wu Jiazhou lost his initial panic and was enjoying the cool air with his concubine in the back garden.

Wu family Zhou and his concubine Zhao were teasing each other, but they heard their family members scolding outside: "What are you doing? Who are you?"

With the voices, a bunch of soldiers rushed in outside the gate, for Ma Cheng's personal soldiers, Gu Yong, a thousand-household soldiers.

In addition to Ma Cheng's eyes, Gu Yong looked down on anyone, let alone a civil servant like Wu Jiazhou. Seeing Wu Jiazhou and a young woman hugging each other, Gu Yong said contemptuously: "Magistrate Wu is so elegant!"

Seeing that these Qiu Bas came to his home without asking for instructions, Wu Jiazhou asked with angrily, "What are you doing? Are there any king's law? Is my official's private house also said it would be right?"

"Sorry, Lord Wu, my military affairs are in urgent need of military information. Your family dares to stop the last general from performing official duties. There is no way to stop the last general and have no choice but to break through!"

When he heard that it was Ma Cheng again, Wu Jiazhou did not dare to be angry, so he had to ask, "Okay, the Marquis of Guiyang and I have no relationship. I have all taken my yamen by you. Why do you still want me to do?"

Yes, I have all taken possession of my yamen. I can’t afford to offend me or hide? Now I am a otakus at home every day, what else do you want to do?

Gu Yong knew what Ma Cheng was looking for Wu Jiazhou, but Ma Cheng's orders had to be implemented unconditionally, so Gu Yong did not wave to Wu Jiazhou Moji. He waved to the personal soldiers behind him, and seven or eight people came up to mount Wu Jiazhou and walked out.

Wu Jiazhou was just teasing her concubine, but she didn't wear a few clothes and only wore underwear. Now she was being carried out and scolded Qiu Ba for being too much.

No matter how Wu Jiazhou cursed, Gu Yong took this guy to the second hall of the prefect's yamen in front. Except for Ma Cheng, all other officials had arrived. Xu Zhan was originally a subordinate of Wu Jiazhou. Now when he saw Shangguan appearing in disheveled clothes, he didn't laugh out loud.

At this time, even if Zhou Han of the Wu family is well-educated, he couldn't bear it. He angrily jumped and scolded: "Ma Cheng, you are too much. I want to go to the cabinet to participate in you!"

Qian Qianyi is now a cabinet master. Although he has no power, he is still a personal figure, so Wu Jiazhou still has some confidence in his heart.

Ma Cheng did not care about the furious Wu Jiazhou, but said with a calm face: "Okay, everyone is here. Your Majesty the Emperor has an order!" After Ma Cheng said that, he took out the emperor's imperial edict and read it. Several officials sitting in the room heard that it was the emperor's imperial edict, so he quickly stood up and knelt down to receive the imperial edict. Wu Jiazhou was just angry, but you dare not accept the emperor's imperial edict? There was no way, so he had to kneel down to receive the imperial edict.

The imperial edict was very simple, which was to let Ma Cheng take over the government affairs of the Nandu, and let Yingtian Prefecture and Shangyuan and Jiangning counties be controlled by Ma Cheng.

This is a big deal. Wu Jiazhou didn't care whether he was dressed or not, and stood up and asked, "This is impossible. Since ancient times, the military and political divisions are separated, and isn't it a joke to let the generals take charge of civil affairs?"

Ma Cheng heard Wu Jiazhou say this and asked in a deep voice: "What, does Lord Wu want to resist the order?"
Chapter completed!